Running the WEPGen utility
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The shared secret is used as follows:
• An encrypted version of the secret is placed
at the start of the key information when it is
transferred to the access point. The access
point will reject the transfer unless the
secret matches its own stored value.
• The WEP keys which are transferred to the
access point or entered into an external
Authentication database are encrypted
using the shared secret. Before the access
point uses the keys it internally decrypts
them using its own copy of the shared
secret.
• The shared secret is also checked when the
utility loads a previously stored set of keys.
There’s more on this in Setting up a RADIUS
external key database on page 141.
After entering the secret you can do one of two
things:
• Load a previously stored key file
• Start to create a new stored key file.
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